Comfort heating for housing associations
Comfort heating: fair heat by measured comfort.
The heating cost is shared out by how warm each household chooses to keep its apartment, measured room by room. Whoever wants it warmer pays more, no matter where in the building the apartment is.
Fair heat, wherever in the building the apartment is.
Three apartments of the same size, but different locations and different habits. A wireless sensor in every room measures the temperature the household actually keeps. Switch between the models and see who pays what.
A worked example. The figures are illustrative and rounded. The principle: with Comfort heating everyone pays for their own comfort, not for where their apartment happens to be.
Fairness is only half the gain.
The other half is that it gets cheaper. When everyone sees and pays for their own heat, there is finally a reason not to overheat. The average temperature in the building falls, and with it the heating cost for the whole housing association.
Heating is getting more expensive, whatever the source.
Heat is one of the property's largest and fastest-growing operating costs. That makes both the fair split and the lower consumption worth more every year.
District heating price index · Sweden (2020 = 100)
Price index based on the annual price increases in the Nils Holgersson report. Illustration.
How the system works.
Five steps. The residents do not have to do anything, and the work needed in the building is kept to a minimum.
Sensor installation
A wireless temperature and humidity sensor is fitted in every room of every apartment. The installation disturbs the residents very little.
Data collection
The sensors report continuously over LoRaWAN to the Propeye platform. No cabling is pulled into the apartments.
Comfort share calculation
Propeye compiles the measured temperature per apartment across the season and works out each apartment's share of the heating cost. The housing association sets the model, we measure and supply the figures behind it.
Billing
The heating cost goes onto the ordinary monthly invoice, integrated with your existing invoicing.
Follow-up
Residents follow their own temperature and cost in the app or the web portal. That feedback is part of why consumption falls.
Integrates with Sweden's major financial property managers
With Nordic Propeye, Comfort heating is only the beginning.
We see your property as one connected system and can tie together everything that uses or stores energy: heat, water and electricity, but also solar panels, batteries, heat pumps and EV charging. Comfort heating is where many housing associations start.
When the parts are controlled together we can cut the peak demand and lower the cost for the whole property, not one piece at a time.
Meter one part, save a little. Control the whole property, save much more.
Peak demand over 24 hours
Frequently asked questions
Is this the same as individual heat metering?
No. Individual heat metering measures the energy in the pipes and is criticised for penalising apartments in exposed positions. Comfort heating measures the indoor temperature the resident has chosen, in other words the comfort, and is position-neutral.
Is it a legal requirement?
No. The requirement for individual heat metering covers only a small part of the building stock, the part with the worst energy performance. Comfort heating is a voluntary fairness model.
Why a sensor in every room?
So that the measurement covers everything and is hard to get around. With only one sensor, a household could keep that room cool and run the heating full blast in the rest.
How are the sensors installed?
Wirelessly and battery-powered, with no cabling pulled into the apartments. The battery lasts about 10 years without replacement.
An established partner for your property.
Nordic Propeye has measured and lowered costs in Swedish properties since 2001, with roots in Home Solutions.
Do you want to share the heat fairly?
Get in touch and we will go through what Comfort heating would mean for your property, free of charge and without obligation.